# Mixing wool

Given the interesting properties of different breeds of wool, what
happens when we mix them for wet felting. It all depends on the
process used in the "mixing". The mixing may happen in many different
ways.

1. Genetic Reservoir: Mixing breeds of sheep genetically to inherit
different characteristics of the sheep.

Often the felt maker tries to find sheep of a specific breed, but
often mixed breeds inherit desirable characteristics for felting from
different breeds such as finer but durable wool that made Corriedale a
very desirable wool for felting bags.

2. Mixing in batts: Some well-known fiber mixes are especially
produced to incorporate different properties of breeds. C1-P batts
incorporate C1 wool that is a mix of soft fibers, and a small
quantitiy of Pelsull fibers, a long and fast felting fiber. The result
is a soft, dense felt that also has good 3-d shrinkage as well helped
by the longer Pelsull fibers.


3. Mixing by horizontal layering.

4. Mixing by layout. Using different breeds in different regions of an
object can also create a very unusual looks.